Railroad-tie plate.



No. sLss. Patented La n. 28, |902.

R. L. uNnEnwoon & L c. BUTTLRFILLD.

AlLnoAn TIE PLATE.

(Application led June 3, 1901.)

(,Nn Model.)

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ROBERT L. UNDERWOOD AND ISAAC C. BUTTERFIELD, OF FOSTORIA, OHIO,

ASSIGNORS, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

TO ROSS E. CROOKER AND FRANK J. SIBLEY, OF FOSTORIA, OI-IIO.

RAILROAD-TIE PLATE' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 691,988, dated J' aruary 28, 1902.

Application led June 3, 1901. Serial No. 62,925. (No model.)

T LZ/Z whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ROBERT L. UNDER- Woon'and IsAAo C. BUTTERFIELD, citizens of the United States, residing at Fostoria, in the county of Seneca and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Tie Plates, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in lo railroad-tie plates; and the object of our invention is the provision of a plate which will form a perfect seat for the rail upon the tie and which will cover the head of the spike and prevent it from working loose and which I5 plate will be of simple, inexpensive, and practical construction.

To attain the desired objects, our invention consists of a railroad-tie plate embodying novel features of construction and comzo bination of parts, substantially as disclosed herein.

Figure 1 represents a plan View of the blank which composee our plate; and Fig. 2 represents a top plan View of the rail, tie,and plate,

2 5 with the rail resting in the plate. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the tie-plate.

In the drawings, Adesignates the tie, of wellknown construction.

B designates the rail, and C designates our 3o novel supporting and securing plate.

Our plate is made from a blank of metal of substantially rectangular shape and is formed fect seat for the rail and which will make a lasting and efficient support and will very much extend the life of the tie, and also that the plate, being of simple and inexpensive construction, will insure a practical device.

We claimi A railroad-tie plateforrned of a metal blank and having spike openings, longitudinal ridges one near each edge,oppositelydisposed flaps to cover the spike-heads, longitudinallyextending barbed lips to enter the tie, and lugs extending from the body portion of the plate adjacent to said lips at the ends opposite the said iiaps, all substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof we ax our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT L. UNDERWOOD. ISAAC O. BUTTERFIELD. Witnesses:

D. J. BECKMAN, CHAs. G. MYERS. 

